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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (84125)	10/12/2000 6:58:54 AM
From: Earlie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Nadine: I'm not a very good source of help on that one, as I have zero expertise in that arena. At this end, I just use a bit of common sense and slowly but surely acquire the only real money,.....gold. I prefer junior golds with large proven reserves, but there are other excellent gold-related strategies. Best, Earlie

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (84125)	10/12/2000 10:29:59 AM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I would not presume to reply for Earlie, but I just put most of the cash balance in my trading account (much enlarged recently) into BEGBX, which is mostly in Euro or European denominated bonds. There is some interest-rate risk here if those rates go up a lot, and that does worry me. The maturities seem to run about five years, but some are longer. But it's the only really easy way--so far--that I have found to get out of the dollar. I don't know if it will work out or not. Prudent Bear runs a "Safe Harbor" fund but my broker hasn't added it yet--and I want to keep this money with the broker, where it can serve as margin if necessary.